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    BRAMA, Nov 21, 2004, 11:00 am ET

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    PORA stops busloads of absentee balloters; activists put life on the line to prevent falsification in presidential election


    Kyiv — This morning at the "Kharkiv" district metro station at about 8 AM, a column of buses heading from Kyiv to Poltava, carried workers from Naftogaz Ukrayiny who were prepared to vote with absentee ballots.

    Apparently, they had already voted in their respective districts, but were given absentee ballot papers in order to vote a second time in Polatava - for one of the two presidential candidates in the Ukraine run-off.

    PORA activists prevented the vehicles from advancing by lying down on the ground at the wheels of the buses.

    Activists then surrounded the buses and demanded that the passengers disembark.

    Surprisingly, the passengers expressed gratitude to the young group for aborting the trip. Many of the workers were delighted that they would not be forced to submit absentee ballots in Poltava.

    Others assured the activists that they were merely going to Poltava for - a picnic.

    It's bitter cold today, and in parts of Ukraine - it's snowing.

    The opposition anticipates large-scale ballot irregularities in today's presidential election.

    "People are not sheep; a bus is not a livestock wagon"

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    ПОРА ставить "Живий щит" проти фальсифікацій

    Сьогодні зранку, в районі станції метро "Харківська", активісти кампанії ПОРА зробили вагомий внесок для того, щоб запобігти фальсифікаціям під час виборів. Близько восьмої години звідти мала відправитись колона автобусів з працівниками НАК "Нафгогаз України" на "борту", які прямували до Полтави, аби проголосувати там за відкріпними посвідченнями. Аби запобігти цьому, активісти ПОРИ знайшли надзвичайно дієвий спосіб: в той час, коли перший автобус вже рушив "назустріч фальсифікаціям", двоє хлопців та дівчат лягли йому прямо під колеса. Таку саму процедуру проробили з ще одним автобусом. Одночасно з тим, навколо цих транспортних засобів зібралося близько двох десятків молодих людей, які стали вимагати, аби люди вийшли з салонів автобусів. "Відкріпосні" зробили це тільки через годину, і весь цей час молоді люди лежали на холодному асфальті.

    Цікавою була реакція на ці події самих пасажирів автобусів. Більшість з них були вдячні молоді, що та зірвала поїздку, адже "відкріпосників" примушували їхати на вибори до Полтави, і багатьом з них це було недовподоби. Були такі, хто цинічно посміхався в телевізійні камери та запевняв усіх, що вони зібралися до Полтави на ...пікнік. Саме для таких я нагадаю фразу, яка зараз актуальна як ніколи: "Гроші проїдяться, а сором залишиться".



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